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Just finished up a quick 3 days at my favorite mountain Taos Ski Valley. This was the first time that we’ve gone as a family and I didn’t put my kids in ski school. Skied a bunch with the family which was a blast. It’s nice that my kids are good enough now to follow me around some fun terrain, and I got a kick out of showing my son the steeps in west basin which he had never hiked to before. The weather was warm and sunny all three days but the snow remained nice and chalky so everything was in play aside from some slopes that face south which are rarely good anyway. On day 2 my kids and I shared a lift ride with pro skier Connor Ryan (@sacredstoke) who I was familiar with from a fifty project episode and also “Spirit of the Peaks” Movie. Awesome friendly guy and we had a great conversation and shared our stoke for skiing. Highlights were skiing Kachina with my daughter and seeing bighorn sheep up top, and taking my son into Stauffenberg and St. Bernard in west basin which are some of the most legit steeps in North America. Wish I could stay longer but I’m blessed to get it in if even for just 3 days.

02/25/2024 - Blackcomb Ip early as usual so searched the are for breakfast shops and came across a fitting place, Moguls. Had bacon, egg, cheese wrap that they baked after rolling it up which was pretty good. Of course it was raining in the village and pretty hard too. We made our way up to the gondy center and took the Excalibur out. Only took a couple hundred feet and the rain had changed to snow. From the gondy it was up Excelerator into heavier snow and fog. Unfortunately with the wind that was also blowing up higher, 7th Heaven and above weren’t open. Rand down Buzz Cut in the few inches of powder which was fun, but was lipstick on a pig at the bottom. Back up Excelerator as the lines were beginning to lengthen. Took the Jersey Cream express into the eye of the storm. Over a ridge and the wind rocked you like a hurricane. Headed down Wishbone to Cruiser for a nice long run through pow to crust to beginning mush at the bottom. After lunch the fog started to clear but the winds hadn’t really subsided so we headed down to the Blackcomb gondy since there shouldn’t be any lines which there weren’t and we found out why midway up. The winds were picking up and pausing the gondy. At one point we sat for 20 mins as the winds felt like they were going to blow the car off the line! People said they’ve been coming to WB for 17 years and never saw the gondy stop for wind before. You know it’s bad when the lifites are taking vids of the cars flailing. Decided to call it and head back to the hot tub. Dinner was at The Old Spaghetti Factory in high was pretty reasonable for salad, pasta, bread and dessert. Recommended. Afterwords WB on Sundays puts on a Fire & Ice show w/ slope style athletes jumping through a hoop of fire and native Canadians dancing and playing music. Sorry not many pics as it was way cold and windy. View of Whistler while stuck on gondy… Ricing the wind… IMG_8757.mov Fog clearing out… Dinner… Fire & Ice show…

This morning was really fantastic. No real lift lines, not much traffic on the slopes, sun shining after the first few lift rides, good grooming, freshly blown ditch, chatty boomers, mild temps. Quite enjoyable.

Fuckin dead tonight. Best beginner conditions one could ask for. Got 6 runs down the bunny hill. Great success.

02/24/2024 - Travel Rick, son and myself left the house @ 2am headed for Newark to meet up with Slim, Gary, Gah skier George & Jr. for flight @ 6am headed for Toronto, then bro Vancouver. Uneventful flight and even stayed awake for all of Oppenheimer. Good flick. Since we’re actually on an Upper Bucks tour, we had to wait around a bit for the tour bus to arrive. Typical Pacific Northwest weather: rain and fog. Drove through downtown Vancouver because there’s no highway around it. Brilliant! Drive up to Whistler provided some amazing views of the Howe Sound, with mountains knitting straight up out of the water. Unfortunately I was on the wrong side of the bus for pics. After a grocery stop in Squamish, we resumed the ride into Whistler and checked into The Listel Hotel. Some pretty nice digs right next to town square. Dinner was some slices from Dat Tony’s which were delicious, the sauce was crazy good! Recommended for the food, no place to sit though. It didn’t matter since we were starving. Walked around the square a little and stocked up on essentials from the cannabis and liquor stores. Some light snow was falling and supposed to continue through the night. Leaving Newark… Vancouver airport… Vancouver… Squalmish… Witch of something imprint on the mountain… Whistler…

I think we set the new high score for Strawberry Margarita pitchers ordered that night

Out with the grandkids today. Got there at noon, it was starting to clear out. Parked slope side close to lodge. Lodge not at all crowded. Half dozen runs on the beginner chair. Ready to ski with leashes next time. French fries and hot chocolate afterwards. Good time had by all. Watched the kids in the lodge while mom and dad did adult ski.

That was my 420th post. You're welcome.

I'll curse them if they don't make it into April. At least, this is my plan, and they'd better abide by it. But you've got to admit, they had a tremendous come back after a pretty lousy and depressing start this year. Jeez, that Paradise opened so late and hardly half of its usual width. Now it's thick and wide, and they stashed mounds of snow on NMDW. I anticipate a lovely and crowdless March. Best time of the year.

95% chance the majority of Indiggios crew doesn’t eat sushi.

Go to Village Sushi and get pitches of strawberry saki margaritas

Before I ever saw your TRs Taos was on the "might be nice to vist" list, but its definitely on the "must go" list. 🤙

A montage trip wouldn't be complete without a trip to breaker brewing...ipas and an old forge style pizza

Fun afternoon lap and a half at Shawnee with pizza and brews at Shawnee Craft

Conditions are fantastic. Big soft bumps on boomer. Blew snow on most other trails, white lightning and smoke are really good.

Day 39. Mixed bag, weatherwise, but good visibility and fewer people. Sun, clouds, wind, graupel.

I bet he wouldn’t mess with this guy. He’d prob wanna hand flex those skis.

99% chance they won't pay to go there either..

I'll give him the cabriolet but Eaf is a contratrian so of course he would say that. It's in dirty jers, no offense I have family in JC who lived in Berkeley heights forever but it's still jersey.

You could center punch storm troopers in AK with 3ft of fresh and it wouldn't move you like watching your kid rip Kachina ! Dope trip ! I'm going to try to ski a day there when we have to go to AZ for a bachelor party, its numero uno on my brother's list.

They’re still making snow at Blue

Clear sky, stars and a giant moon shining bright in the Pocono sky this evening and quite pleasant out here temp wise. It's fairly quiet too. Solo lift rides and all that. I don't think I've been it in a Sunday night in a while and it's way nicer than a weeknight. The downside to sleeping in however... It's slick. Another side of the trails kinda night to adequately edge. Overall nice evening and the smell of the waffle Haus is always quite special in the evening

Took a picture of the cirque (which is closed) for @GrilledSteezeSandwich today at Snowmass me Natalie when our legs were tired we went over to Elk camp to check that out. Mellow terrain, lots to explore and softened up snow. It was 43 degrees when we left. Think my lips got sunburned today.

Wow another PASR chick wooo…that’s not Bunski, Boo, Nancy or Schifdawgs cousin…lol WTGAI Ben!!!

Killer spring conditions at BC late afternoon....Snow was just buttery smooth...but firm enough that it didn't get all shredded up...Zero to hero in one lap....Place was pretty ghosted.....

I dig the gaiters....Sometimes I wear mine XC to get the ol timey look...

Dude’s obviously a disgruntled park rat , look at the pants he’s wearing. A non riding Boomer wouldn’t know anything about Ikon. 😁

Nice that’s brah code and you were a true brah for not ordering the surf and turf or the calamari. Let me guess he had the groomer burger..and they asked Red Robin style if y’all wanted refills on your French fried perterters?

It was grate. The best meal I ever had at the Blue Mountain Upper lodge restaurant. Yes he paid, he's a true brah.

I don’t think I’ve ever gone to Jackson hole without having a frozen strawberry margarita at the cheap Mexican place. @NMSKI even had a can of Saki as his road soda the one trip.

I cannot imagine a less "ski trip" drink than that

I should be there for a bit Friday. I'll have the wife with me though so it'll be a short session

coverage was good, hopefully get there again

This is awesome. Your kids are so lucky! What little rippers.

Looks good! How was coverage there? I might be doing that on Thursday.

i ended up in that driveway or one very similar at Brighton. Its very easy to do. That guy needs a snickers.

I think the nords have a right to roam law, I'll never understand why we don't. Beach people get mad salty if you walk across their sand to get into the ocean.

WJW. Reminds me of biking near Bloomsburg, my friend and I sat along a rural road bordering a fairly large yard and some boomer bitched at us to "get off his property". We were literally doing nothing but resting. Freakin' boomers, the planet belongs to everyone.

The only problem with this is you have to ski MC which is ultimately depressing.

Hahaha now I have a new Reddit group to follow.

I think they make St. Patrick’s day

Couple more runs on boomer...smoke is still super smooth too

Season pass for montage is $399 if you buy next week. Not a bad deal. They've been really improving. Live music and events, good grooming and making a good amount of snow

All y’all have fun!!!!

Sheesh lol..apparently people were bringing their own sleds to Blue this past weekend..

Jiminy Cricket. We're finished!

@GrilledSteezeSandwich Can you believe someone rated this thread 1 star? What a bunch of haters.